A few decades ago, the powers that be at Microsoft characterized Linux and open source in general as a cancer. Today, the company has pretty much embraced and even extended them, acquiring GitHub and ...

Let’s face it: Not everyone wants to futz with Linux. But within Windows, playing around with Linux is becoming easier and easier—enough that you can get up and running with little more than a single ...

Windows 10 now lets you run Linux GUI apps (X11 and Wayland) without using a virtual machine after Microsoft added GUI support to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). "The Windows Subsystem for ...

Windows 10's Windows System for Linux (WSL) will soon let developers run Linux GUI apps, while Linux guests on Windows will soon gain access to GPU power for hardware acceleration. WSL is currently ...

1) Run Linux (CLI and GUI) natively on Windows 10/11 with WSL. 2) Enable WSL + Virtual Machine Platform, enable BIOS virtualization, then install distros via Store or wsl --install. 3) Update with apt ...

This is definitely not your grandfather's Microsoft. Not too long ago, then-CEO Steve Ballmer called Linux a cancer. Today, Microsoft proclaims it loves Linux and open source, two things the company ...

For those that want *nix tools on Windows without WSL, I highly recommend MSYS2. The mintty terminal that comes with MSYS2 should even help WSL users that want a good terminal without having to run ...

Experience the best of both worlds with WSL, a lightweight and efficient solution for running Linux on Windows.

Microsoft has announced that it's now possible to run graphical Linux apps in Windows 10 using the Windows Subsystem for Linux. This feature was first released to Windows Insiders. As this year's ...

Years ago I ran the first version of this, which required hyper-v and tpm tweaks that broke my VMware player… and then there was no audio device pass through. I gather its come a long way since. But ...